Re: [HCDX]: HIGH NOON SW SUMMER RECEPTION IN AUSTRALIA!

[David Diamond <ddiamond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

G'day Bob,

I would apprecaite a coppy of both parts of your study, its very good of
you to make this offer...

Regards
David


At 01:37 AM 06-03-99 -0500, you wrote:
>                 MEDIA RELEASE FROM THE ELECTRONIC DX PRESS (AUSTRALIA)
>
>                      FREE!!! NEW SPECIAL MONITORING PUBLICATION!!!
>                        ========================================
>
>HIGH NOON SUMMER SHORTWAVE DX RECEPTION IN AUSTRALIA!
>
>I am pleased to advise that the latest HIGH FREQUENCY SPECTRUM STUDY (N0.6)
>is now available, free of charge, from the Electronic DX Press.
>
>This new Study, authored by the undersigned, covers shortwave reception in
>Australia from November 1, 1998 until January 31, 1999, for the B98
>Transmission Period, of commercial broadcasters heard between 0000 and 0400
>UTC on frequencies up to 9999 kHz.
>
>The Study gives aggregated details of actual monitoring made by a number of
>hobbyists over the three-month period, showing spectrum occupancy,
>languages, times audible, sign-on and sign/off times, transmitter sites,
>and other details, of stations in all continents, and includes data for the
>unusual Midday Summer Mode. This Mode occurs each summer and is marked by
>weird and unexplained reception  across the Australian noon period of
>transmitters in Asia and Africa on frequencies down to 4 MHz, of up to
>11,000 km across daylight paths!
>
>The Study is in two parts:
>
>Part 1:  
>
>A description of the Mode, including
>
>- The history of the Mode since the 1950s
>- The appearance of the Mode over the past 40 years
>- Reception highlights over the years
>- Technical discussion of propagation effects
>- Analysis of propagation patterns 
>- Effects of geophysical events
>- The Petersen Ray propagation process
>- Complex-mode propagation
>- Sporadic-E effects
>- Ducting effects
>- Ozone depletion affecting long distance propagation
>- Hypotheses of possible causes of the Mode
>
>Part 2:
>
>A table in frequency order showing country, organisation, transmitter site,
>languages, times heard and sign-off and sign-on times observed within the
>four hour study period.
>
>This special Monitoring Study is being made available free of charge via
>E-mail to anyone who requests it.
>
>- Part 1: A message text (25K) approximately 8 pages A4)
>- Part 2: An Excel 7.0 file (19K) (.xls) (Binary Attachment)
>
>The Excel file is not compressed, encrypted, or locked, and may be
>reformatted to suit your individual requirements.
>
>Print copies of the Study are also available for a nominal charge to cover
>printing and mailing costs
>
>- To Australian addresses: A$5 (cash, postal order, cheque, or 5 IRCs)
>- To other addresses (economy airmail): US$5 (cash), A$5 (cash),
>international bank draft on an Australian bank to yield A$5, or 5 IRCs
>
>Receipt of the study implies that it will not be redistributed for
>commercial purposes.
>
>The Study will be included within the product list offered by the EDXP DX
>Radio Bookshop to the global radio monitoring community.
>
>If you are viewing this message via a Browser enabled facility, you may
>request your E-mailed Study by clicking here - please advise your name and 
>postal mailing address also!
>
>---------> Bob Padula: bpadula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>There is an enormous amount of information contained in this Study,
>unavailable anywhere else in this form, which will be of value to anyone
>with interest in long distance shortwave radio propagation.
>
>
>Thank you!
>
>Bob Padula
>Convenor: Electronic DX Press
>404 Mont Albert Road
>Surrey Hills
>Victoria 3127
>Australia
>Tel/FAX: +61 3 9898 2906
>E-mail: bpadula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>http://members.tripod.com/~bpadula/edxp.html
>http://members.tripod.com/~bpadula/padulabooks.html
>
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